If you're a regular commuter, Google may have greatly expanded the utility of its Google Now app with a new feature that lets you know if you're heading near a traffic accident. As the company explained in a Google Plus update: You know the feeling. ...

Google celebrated its 15th anniversary this year, but showed none of the creeping complacency that have derailed other dominant tech companies. For the search giant, 2013 was simply another year during which it solidified its place in the center of j...

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If you've ever wished your GPS had a sense of humor, Waze has a solution. The crowd-sourced traffic and navigation app announced a new partnership with Universal Pictures to introduce a celebrity voice navigation feature. Comedian Kevin Hart will be ...

It took long enough, but it's finally happened: Instagram is now on Windows Phone. The breakout photo (and now video) sharing app that established itself on iPhone before spreading to Android in 2012 is now on the third-place platform in mobile. Waze...

Google Maps is already using data from its newly-acquired mapping service Waze to give users access to crowdsourced traffic reports and satellite imagery. Just two months after Google bought Waze for a reported $1.03 billion, it was announced on Tues...

Scrap the teleprompter and the blue screen. You don't need to be on TV to broadcast meteorology anymore. You don't even need to get off the couch to share your thoughts on the forecast. With a few clicks, you can do it all from the comfort of your iP...

Google's acquisition of the popular social traffic app Waze is under review by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which wants to make sure the deal doesn't go against U.S. antitrust regulations. Google confirmed the FTC antitrust review on Sunday, a...

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. In the latest development following the recently...

You may have heard that Google purchased a popular social traffic app called Waze on Tuesday for a reported $1.03 billion. For those who aren't familiar with Waze, we've detailed everything you need to know about the app, below. Like other mapping se...

For Waze, mapping software proved to be a road of riches. The company's nine-year journey culminated on Tuesday, when Google agreed to pay a reported $1.03 billion to acquire the company. That price may have been inflated by a bidding war among Googl...

Google has purchased Waze, the company that makes the popular social traffic app. Neither company disclosed the terms of the deal, though The New York Times pegged the figure at $1.03 billion. Google confirmed the purchase in a blog post on Tuesday: ...

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. According to a report, Google will pay $1.3 bill...

Waze, the social navigation app that is reportedly an acquisition target for Google, among others, on Thursday unveiled an upgrade that includes integration with Facebook Events. The upgrade, timed for the start of summer driving holidays, boasts one...

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